OREANDA-NEWS. The results of the TATNEFT Group of Companies' contest "Reliable partner (supplier)" were summed up.

TATNEFT Company issued certificates "Reliable partner (supplier)" to thirty best   partners of the Company from the sector of small and medium-sized companies.

560 small and medium enterprises had participated in the contest. The best companies were identified in three categories: "Reliable supplier of the main equipment and raw materials", "Reliable service partner ensuring the production process" and "Reliable ancillary operations partner". The main assessment criteria were: lack of the complaints from the TATNEFT Group of Companies, the period of operation as a supplier  and   annual volume of the deliveries for the Group of Companies,   innovative nature of products and application of resource-saving technologies.

All the winners were granted a number of advantages: the possibility of long-term cooperation, while maintaining a competitive price and quality level, concessional provision of PJSC TATNEFT's infrastructure and equipment for business development, assistance in the training and development of personnel, obtaining expert advice and consultation of the Company's professionals, etc.

TATNEFT Company renders assistance to small and medium business enterprises in the South Eastern part of the Republic of Tatarstan in the framework of the approved corporate program aimed at improving entrepreneurs' business activities, developing promising industries and creating new jobs. The result of the joint work is the growth of the  volume of supplying products and services by the small and medium-sized enterprises for the TATNEFT Group of Companies, which amounted to RUR 13.2 billion by the results of 2014  accounting for about 12% of the total procurement volume.  The number of the medium, small and micro enterprises comes to more than 50% of the total number of suppliers cooperating with the divisions of PJSC TATNEFT.

The "Reliable partner (supplier)" contest held by TATNEFT is only one of the tools to support small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic of Tatarstan. PJSC TATNEFT attracts entrepreneurs to the Company's logistics providing concessional infrastructure and equipment for the business implementation and providing financial support to projects.